The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by Winchester, Simon
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- 9780060193614
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Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles: he was imprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work was plagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned him. It was not until 1829, when a Yorkshire aristocrat recognised his genius, that he was returned to London in triumph: The Map That Changed the World is his story.
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- Title
- The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0060193611
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193614
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
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